Southeastern Utah’s Bears Ears region has been central to the culture and religion of native tribes | Democracy elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

For as long as Navajo healer Jonah Yellowman can remember – “all the way back to Creation” – southeastern Utah’s Bears Ears region has been central to the culture and religion of the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Ute Indian tribe, and Ute Mountain Ute people. Its tens of thousands of archeological sites date back 13,000 years. “It’s…